Новости за 05.05.2024

The University of Mississippi has opened an investigation into reports of students making hostile and racial gestures toward Black students on campus. The University's chancellor said he was aware of the actions.

Australian police shot and killed a 16-year-old following a stabbing attack that had "hallmarks" of terror, officials confirmed Sunday. The teenager attacked a man in a suburb of Perth Saturday night.

Nearly 35,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, the Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday, as Palestinians face dueling famine and sanitation crises because of Israel's actions amid the war.

Pop music star Taylor Swift's "Tortured Poets Department" is the No. 1 album in the United States this week.

"Lord of the Rings" and "Titanic" actor Bernard Hill has died at the age of 79.

The New York City Police Department has been subject to criticism for its messaging around the student protests gripping college campuses across the nation as top brass share politically biased posts online.

U.S. pop music star Madonna has set a new record for having the largest audience -- 1.6 million people -- for a stand-alone concert by any artist in history, Live Nation announced.

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend mined for laughs the recent pro-Palestine protests roiling some of New York's most prestigious and pricey universities.

The Palestinian militia Hamas has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for closing the Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera's offices in Jerusalem.

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raided the Jerusalem offices of Al-Jazeera and shuttered the news broadcaster as critics blasted the move as a blow to press freedom.

American figure skater Nathan Chen turns 25 and actor Danielle Fishel turns 43, among the famous birthdays for May 5.

On May 5, 2019, Thailand officially crowned a new king for the first time in nearly 70 decades -- Maha Vajiralongkorn.

Mystik Dan finished first in a wild, three-way finish to Saturday's 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with Sierra Leone second and Japan's Forever Young third.

Investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported first-quarter earnings of $11.2 billion and revealed it is now holding a record-high total $189 billion in cash reserves.